Ai Weiwei Map Of China
Ai weiwei chinese this map of china is constructed out of interlocking wood elements salvaged from destroyed temples of the qing dynasty 1644 1911.
Ai weiwei map of china. The work is a poignant assertion that modern china is a mosaic of fragments from its past. Map of china 中国地图 2006. Ai weiwei is an activist architect curator filmmaker and china s most famous artist. Map of china which benda says we should think of less as furniture and more as a major sculpture a highly desirable conceptual piece is the work of ai weiwei.
I see them as a dissident government some of ai s best known works are installations often tending towards the conceptual and sparking dialogue between the contemporary world. Among them is ai weiwei s fresh to market sculpture an elegant protest to political and ethnic issues in china map of china hkd 6 5 10 million which is considered one of his greatest achievements of the furniture series. Map of china 2008. Want to sell a work by this artist.
He investigated government corruption and cover ups in particular the sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of tofu dreg. Ai grew up in the far north west of china where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father s exile. Pérez art museum miami pamm miami follow. Open in his criticism of the chinese government ai was famously.
A cultural figure of international renown ai weiwei is an activist architect curator filmmaker and china s most famous artist. Pérez art museum miami pamm miami. As an activist he has been openly critical of the chinese government s stance on democracy and human rights. Little exhibited in this.
ài wèiwèi english pronunciation help info is a chinese contemporary artist and activist.